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A cake in a battery jar
From a kitchen experiment to the extraordinary possibilities of glass In 1913, in Corning, New York, Bessie Littleton baked a sponge cake in the cut-down bottom of a glass battery jar. Her…
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The spark in the dark
Nick Holonyak and the first practical visible LED A coal-miner’s son helped change how the world makes light. At fifteen, Nick Holonyak Jr. helped repair flood damage on the Illinois Central Railroad,…
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Why we sleep
An ancient story of life, rest and renewal At night, while the visible world grows quiet, life beneath the surface changes pace. From the ocean depths where jellyfish drift in ancient rhythms…
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The cosmic trampoline: How space-time bends reality
Step onto the cosmic trampoline. Discover how Einstein turned space and time into a flexible fabric, transforming gravity from an invisible force into pure geometry. “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder…
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The invisible choreography of waves
How hidden ripples of sound, light, heat and gravity shape our everyday world. While you sit reading these words in an apparently still room, your body is quietly being traversed by a…
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Quantum entanglement and ancient wisdom: A conversation about connection
How modern physics and timeless philosophy both suggest that reality may be far more interconnected than we usually imagine. We live much of our lives as if we are separate. We move…
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The day we lost the centre of the universe (and found our true shape)
This cosmic chronicle explores humanity’s epochal journey from comfortable illusions to profound truth, charting how we unlocked the shape and place of our world. By mapping out an epic, multi-millennium detective story…
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The invisible workforce: Why it’s time to give germs the respect they deserve
Though modern society has long conditioned us to fear “germs” as invisible villains, a deeper look into the history of medicine and human biology reveals they are actually the essential caretakers of…
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The dance of us: How atoms tell the story of our existence
From the tiniest particles to the vastness of the cosmos, atoms connect everything we know about life, matter, and the universe. They are the building blocks of stars, planets, oceans and our…
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The brilliant mistake that split the universe
A brilliant young Indian physicist and polymath revolutionised theoretical science during a 1924 lecture room derivation of Max Planck’s law of radiation. His breakthrough highlights how a single theoretical anomaly can completely…
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Nikola Tesla and the gift of hyper-phantasia
How will you describe a scientist-inventor who possessed a rare natural gift that allowed him to build, test and run complex machinery entirely within his own mind? He was none other than…